Sarah Buckley’s “Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care” – A Review for Birth Educators and Doulas – Science & Sensibility
A long awaited report written by Dr. Sarah Buckley, “Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care” is being released by Childbirth Connection, a program of the National Partnership for Women and Families. In this valuable report, Dr. Buckley gathers the most current research and provides the definitive guide for the role of hormones in normal, natural birth.
End the gender pay gap in 2015 – Al Jazeera America
In 2015 groups such as the National Partnership for Women and Families hope to close gaps in federal workplace protections to address the needs of pregnant workers. They are urging Congress to pass the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act to achieve this critical step.
States, cities prescribe paid sick leave rules – USA Today
(Map data courtesy of the National Partnership for Women & Families)
Replaced While on Maternity Leave: What’s Legal, What’s Not? – Yahoo! Parenting
“What we often hear is that women think they have a right to paid maternity leave, but in actuality only 60 percent of workers are even eligible for unpaid leave,” Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families,’ tells Yahoo! Parenting.
America’s Workplaces Are Hostile to Families – The Nation
Nationwide, three states and sixteen cities have passed paid sick days laws. At the same time, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families, “nearly four in 10 private sector workers can’t earn paid sick days.”
States Go Beyond Federal Law to Protect Pregnant Workers – The Pew Charitable Trust’s “Stateline”
More than 250,000 women a year are denied their requests for pregnancy accommodation, according to a 2013 survey by Childbirth Connection, a project of the National Partnership for Women & Families. More than half the women surveyed said they did not request an accommodation because they feared retaliation.
Patients: The ‘X’ Factor for Health Information Exchange – iHealthBeat
A new survey recently released by the National Partnership for Women & Families found that 86% of patients with online access to their EHRs use it, and they report higher levels of knowledge about their health and a desire to “do something” to improve their health.
More Patients Using Health IT, Value Online EHR Access – HealthITSecurity
Not only are more consumers accessing their online electronic health records (EHRs), but patients’ trust in the privacy and security of EHRs has increased since 2011, according to a recent National Partnership for Women & Families study.
Patient Advocates Call for Ban on Re-Identifying Health Data – Bloomberg BNA’s “Health Care Blog”
Mark Savage, director of health IT policy and programs at the National Partnership, told Bloomberg BNA that patients advocates like himself and privacy experts are concerned that de-identified data, health records stripped of information that directly identifies the patient such as names or addresses, can be re-identified, or traced back to the original record.
Patients want more from their EHRs – Healthcare IT News
“We have made progress in leaps and bounds in just a few short years,” said Mark Savage, the National Partnership for Women & Families’ director of health information technology policy and programs, in a statement. “But clearly there are barriers still to overcome, and this report breaks down policy implications for the meaningful use program as well as broader delivery system initiatives that must be carried out. And it’s an important reminder that meeting the needs of patients and families must always be at the core of health IT design and implementation.”
